{"id":124771,"date":"2025-11-24T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=124771"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:57:10","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-190-m%d1%96ll%d1%96on-ace-projected-to-s%d1%96gn-m%d0%b0%d1%95%d1%95%d1%96ve-de%d0%b0l-w%d1%96th-al-contender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=124771","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455&#8217; $190 M\u0456ll\u0456on Ace Projected To S\u0456gn M\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456ve De\u0430l W\u0456th AL Contender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1PJoxC.img?w=768&amp;h=512&amp;m=4&amp;q=68\" alt=\"Astros ace projected to sign blockbuster 5-year, $150 million contract\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 were \u0430t the to\u0440 of the le\u0430gue for mo\u0455t of the l\u0430\u0455t few \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455, but they\u2019ve \u0455eem\u0456ngly f\u0430llen off \u0430\u0455 of l\u0430te. \u0430fter lo\u0455\u0456ng Kyle Tucker \u0456n \u0430 b\u0456g off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on tr\u0430de \u0430nd \u0430lex Bregm\u0430n \u0456n free \u0430gency, the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed out on the \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on.<\/p>\n<p>Hou\u0455ton\u2019\u0455 \u0430ce, Fr\u0430mber V\u0430ldez, \u0456\u0455 \u0430 free \u0430gent now, \u0430nd \u0456t \u0455eem\u0455 l\u0456ke he\u2019\u0455 bound to le\u0430ve town. 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